[tlinux-users:07874] Re: Toshiba Satellite A105-S2716 running Kubuntu 6.06

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure I have a Toshiba BIOS installed.  I
just updated it to version 1.40 which can be found
here<http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=1401580&moid=1209142&BV_SessionID=@@@@1531373306.1150860888@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddidielidecgfkceghdgngdgmn.0&ct=DL>.
I also booted into the BIOS afterward to look around for anything that said
Phoenix, and I didn't see it.  I did see however a option to change the
brightness from the BIOS and it tested fine, but that would be quite a pain
to restart everytime I want to change the brightness.  I do have the acpi
packages installed.  Using the acpitool -l x command to change the
brightness, I get the error that changing LCD brightness is supported only
on Thinkpad and Toshiba, which makes me think even more that Toshiba acpi
isn't enabled in my kernel.  Not sure what you were saying about Dapper
being hard to install though.  I've only used Linux once before installing
this and I got it running right away and Adept makes software installation
easy, though I think I have the whole compiling thing down now :)

On 6/20/06, Howard Coles Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 20 June 2006 9:53 pm, Brandon Rader wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Running Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) on Toshiba Satellite
> A105-S2716.  I
> > have the majority of the system running, but as it is a laptop, the main
> > thing I want right now is screen dimming options to consrve battery.  I
> > tried fnfx, but when looking around on the documentation, it said in my
> > case, I need to recompile the BIOS to enable CONFIG_ACPI and
> > CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA.  I looked for places to tell me how to do this, but
> > none seemed like they really gave me information on changing those two
> > settings.  I thought that since this was specifically for Toshiba,
> someone
> > might have the personal experience and could give me more in depth info.
> > I also know I have version 2.6.15 and the latest is 2.6.17.  Should I
> > upgrade while I'm recompiling, and how would I do that?
>
> Does the laptop use Toshiba's BIOS or Phoenix's bios?  Mine (A75) uses
> Phoenix's and I can dim and brighten my laptop without having recompiled
> the
> kernel.  However, since you are sending this message in, I'm assuming you
> have tried and they don't work on your system.  The reason I ask, is that
> I've heard those settings only work if you have Toshiba's BIOS.
> Maybe someone else could chime in and let me know whether my information
> is
> old now.
>
> Do you have the acpi packages, (tools etc.) installed?  Dapper can be a
> pain
> to install from scratch.
>
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